you've been putting it to good use, trying to forecast the next big election. as i say you're not alone. the president seems focused on the goal of reclaiming the house for the democrats and the democrats do indeed have a much higher approval rating in the house than the republicans. and so you say what about the dems' chances of doing that? >> well, they're certainly the things you've mentioned, working in the democrats' favor, but i tell you something, the democrats have to pick up 17 net seats to take control of the house in 2014. and megyn, when you go to the district level and you try to find those 17 seats, it's really difficult to do. and this is going to be the 6th year itch election, the second mid term of a two term administration. in the vast majority of cases in american history it's not been a good election for the incumbent white house. and the idea of the democrats not only picking up seats, but a substantial number of seats, that becomes a very difficult thing to do. >> megyn: are all rules out the window? because we were told in the wake of pre